Riveting-machine.



ATTUIRNEY.

INVENTBH. j g/Wm PATENTED FEB. 4, 190a.

T. s. BENNETT.

RIVETING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1907.

THOMAS S. Oi AT T HEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

R1? ETING-IVEACHINE .N o 877,582. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented. Feb. 4, 1908.

Apiniicatioa filed Inna 2-1 ,1907. Serial 1%. 380.440.

To (all ilk/mm it 'nmg eomwn: I Be. it known thal l. 'iumiiis-Q iiirnimi'rr, l

a ritizen oi the i'niied Si residing at Aitlehoro, in the l'oinuy oli tol and Slut-o ol' Mnssn 'liuseiis, have invented rertain new 1 -nd uselul improvenients in --i\ia l rhines. oi whsh the iollou'ing is, tion, i nl'erem'e ls! had lhrroin to eoi'npanringr drawing. 1 Kl invenlion relates to {ring 1nal rhinos and lln1 lo1'il "i i =u \ls Mnn-\ l monly soii "hl in lass oi iiiii'illi't3, lint more partirularly lo imrreaso the peed and ellirienry of the riveting operation and attain these ends in a simple and iili'Yi iFiilSiYC iiletllziiiir-dli.

lo the nhov'e ends my inu'r-n:iong'onsisis in imparting to tha riFJeth tools lat rall roeipmvalin; or viliralory motion, and in the novel eonsiruetion and eomhiuatlon oi the. parts ol' the nierhanir-znr in the drawings n'hii'h eoi'istitulo at part ol this spoeiliention. l iguro i is a side elevation oi a inarhino emlmdyingr my inwzntion. Fig. 2, a. frontelevation oi the same. F a rain View of a portion of rho same on line Fig, 4-, a srction on. y 11- ol? 5, a plan @luvntion. oi the Fig, l, and fig.

machine.

.iAikC roloronee whar i-ndi-i-aie like parts throughout thy. vii

The lramo work may 1) UOHSi/iUUtiOii suitable i'or ear crai details oi i'noohanisin. therool heroin shown, it (ons s ai'itially of a hollow haso, Lndaptod to he tfiiiod to a bench. 2, with holts, I), and has iorn ardiy' l tho ssvl extending portion, t, in hioh is siidahly niountod a plunger, 5. in and ot tho plut shank oi. vided with a recess, 8,. i, and plunger, sip-entirely in i protonsion, nd i r0. 'aiih tnrh s against ii this rod is eonnet' e. to a pinto, 2i}, iEXQtl to Upon the upper tar-o o :hn hast: is an upupon its right head, .22, provided with hearings, 21, for a roek shaft, 2;). ltevoluhly mounted in an n' 'irig'ht hearing, 20, formed n'el'erahlr integ'rnl with the base, i in. tho rear of the head is a rotating shall, 27, on whose outer end is a wheel, T4, driven by helt, .29, and upon whose inner end is :1(1':\Ul l(li l 30, provided lnec with a (rank pin, 31, uhirh travels in a vertival slot, 232, in an arm, 33, fixed to the rock shalt, 22), by a pin, CH. Fixed by a pin, 37 to the shalt, s5,inl0rme dinle the hearings 24, is a rurved overhanging arm, 36, substantially parallel with the shait 25, and provided. with a ('ylindrioal head, 37, in alinomunt with the holding die, 7. The head, 37, carries a vertically disposed riveting tool, 38. The latter may be mounted in any desired manner, but the. pre iorred eonsi'rnotion ronsisiis in providing a wrlieally disposed SUYOW threaded opening, 39, in the head, and Forming a threaded shank, it), upon tho upper end of the riveting too! adapted to engage the threads of the opening, 39. Adjacent its threaded portion thev tool, 38, has a shoulder, 41, adapted to abut against the head, or against an interposed distance pieeo, it such piece is desired. The riveting 0nd ol the tool, 37, has a point, 42, preferably.eono shaped and in substantial alinenient with the. axis of the rock shaft The riveting operation is performed as follows: The Work is in the cak'itytS, of the holding die, and the. treadlc, 19, is depressed by the operator to narrate. the holding die, 7, to the desired height. The limit of thoupward travel of the plunger, 5, is regulated by turning the nut, 13. The wheel, '38, rotates the disk, 30, whose pin, 31, swin s the. arm, ,3 thereby rocking the shalt,

' p011 the center of the l'iiOt held by tho dio,

n 7. The conical pointed riveting tool thus reeiprocatcs laterally in a ortiral plane spread mg the. material. oi the I'htt in two directlo'ns hut by changing; the l'orni oi the point 5 of thetool the material of the rivet can be spread in any npon tho article to be riveted. tho l i'\')l((.ii lines indicated the. limits of travel ol tho reciprocating parts.

over and or all dirootions,

in Fig. 2,

i'hiln this machine is primarily intended for suiting rivets, it may no advantageously d to crimp or roli the edges of metallic shells.

"hat ill claim is,

l. in a riveting machine, the combination I with the frame, of a rock shaft the frame,

mounted in an arm fixed to the shaft, and

holder upon tie arm, a riveting tool in the tool holder, and means for rocking the rocl-: shaft.

2. In a riveting machine, the combination the frame, a suy'iporting arm iixed upon the shaft, a tool holder upon the supporting arm,

a vibrating arm fixed to the rock shaft, and

. with the frame and ri'. cting' ool, of a plunger mounted in the a drrr'ing shaft also mounted in the frame,

means upon the driring shaft for actuating the vibrating arm.

In. a ri eting machine, the comhiimtiou "with the frame, of a rock shaft mounted in the frame, a supporting arm upon theshaft, a tool holder upon the supporting arm, a

driving shaft also mounted in the frame, a

vibrating arm fixed to the rock shaft, and means upon the drr-cmg shaft engaging the vibrating arm for actuating the vibrating arm.

4. In a riveting machine, the eon'ibination W1th the frame, of a rock shaft mounted in the frame, means fixed to the rock shaft for holding a riveting tool, an arm fixed to the rock shaft, a driving shaft also mounted in the frame, and means upon the driving shaft and engaging the arm for reciprocating the arm. i

5. In a riveting machine, the combination .With the frame, of a rock shaft mounted in the frame, means fixed to the rock shaft for holding a riveting tool, a vibrating arm fixed to the rock shaft, a driving shaft also mount ed in the frame, and a crank connection between the driving shaft and vibrating arm. 6. In a riveting machine, the combination with the frame, of a rock shaft mounted in the frame, means fixed to the rock shaft for holding a riveting rock shaft and provided with a slot, a driving shaft also mounted in the frame, a disk upon the driving shaft, and a pin upon the disk registering in the slot of the arm.

In a riveting machine, the combination With the. frame, the riveting tool and means for rocking the riveting tool, of a plunger mounted in the frame in axial alin'ement with the riveting tool, a holding die in the plunger adjacent the riveting tool, and means upon the frame for reciprocating the holding tool towards and away from the riveting tool.

8. In a riveting machine, the combination tool, an arm fixed to the l tion with the frame, the means for transversely reciprocating the rrr- 85 with the frame and riveting tool, of a plunger mounted in the frame, aholdu'ig toelupon the plunger in alznement with the riveting tool,

means for 2](l-:Ul('l!lf the plunger towards 60 1 ie riveting tool, and. *means upon the plunger adapted to contact with the frame for limiting the ad'.':m(-o of the plunger. With the frame, of a rock shaft mounted in tion with the frame, the riveting tool, and

means for transversely reciprocating the riretmg tool in. .a single plane, of a plunger mounted in the frame, a holding die on the ilun er in alinement with the rivctim tool a n and adapted to cooperate therewith, and

i'ueans for ad? riveting tool.

1]. .li a riveting machine, the combinerireting tool, and

mining the plunger tmvards the eting tool in a single plane, of a plunger mounted in the frame, a holding die on the plunger provided with a recess in alinemenl; with the riveting tool, and means for advancing the. plunger towards theriveting tool.

12. in a riReting machine, the combination with the frame, of a shaft mountedin the frame, an arm fixed to the shaftand. sub stautially parallel with said shaft, a tool holder upon the arm, a riveting tool mounted in the tool holder and disposed at right angles to the shaft, and. means for rocking the shaft.

13. 11 a riveting tion with the frame, in the frame, an orerhanging arm. upon the rock shaft, a tool holder upon the arm, a vertically disposed riveting tool in the holder and pro\ ided with a point in alinement with the axis of the rocleshaft, actuating the rock shaft.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signatiue in presence of two witnesses.

machine, the combina- Witnesses:

WILLJAMJ E. Terra W AL rnn E. GoonwrN.

an adjustable screw in the lug 70 rigidly of a rock shaft mounted.

and means for 

